Salvador Dalí is getting his first major show in India, featuring the collection of long-time print publisher Pierre Argillet ...

From the creators of 'Labyrinth' and 'The Dark Crystal', this complete collection comprises of all 9 episodes of Jim Henson’s 'The Storyteller' series narrated by John Hurt (The Elephant Man), plus ...

How did ancient Greek hero Theseus unite all of Attica under the rule of Athens, and what was it like before he did?

Can the myth of the Labyrinth of Knossos be explained by the Minoan civilization? This article examines the evidence.

Greek myths are all over theatre stages at the moment, their fierce, vengeful stories offering unnerving parallels with events in our modern world. The latest such project is a pithy double bill of ...

This album is SHORT. At 27 minutes and just five tracks, one might wonder why Julienne Dessagne (this is a solo act) didn’t ...

Britten’s Phaedra, text taken from Robert Lowell’s translation of Racine’s Phèdre (of which I seem to have five different texts and academic studies on my shelves—I’m glad to be prompted to seek them ...

According to Greek legend, Athens founder and king, Theseus, found himself in a labyrinth where he was to do battle with the ...

Half beast half man, the Minotaur was born after a curse incited Pasiphaë to sleep with a bull. Theseus, later Phaedra’s husband (and, lest we forget, the father of Hippolytus), is sent to kill ...

The Ship of Theseus is an ancient philosophical paradox that grapples with the concept of identity. Rooted in the tale of the Greek mythological king Theseus, whose ship docked in Athens was gradually ...